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3rd Australian Tunnelling Company

The 3rd Australian Tunnelling Company went to the Fauquissart area and took over chalk workings at Hill 70 near Loos.[1] In July 1917, while fighting quite improperly as infantry, they captured an entire German mining system. [2]

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A WAR RELIC. The officers and men of the 3rd Australian Tunnelling Company have presented to the 'Wilderness School, Medindie, a gas alarm bell, captured at Hill 70, Loos, on August 15, 1917. The gift is in tended as a mark of appreciation of the efforts of the children in supporting then comforts fund during the-war, and will be used daily as a school bell.[7]